building education and employment supports for homeless lgbtq youth
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Company Name
Building Education and Employment Supports for Homeless LGBTQ Youth
Simon Costello, Associate Director Department of Children, Youth & Family Services February 2014
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o 6,000 homeless youth (up to 24 years) in LA County (point in time)
o In Hollywood, 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ
o In Hollywood, 40% of homeless youth have a history of foster care
o Nationally, 25% of young people who come out to their parents are forced to leave home
Background
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o Rejection and isolation
o Discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, harassment; physical, sexual and emotional abuse
o Negative school experiences and interrupted education
o Absence of role models and mentors
o Dis-engagement
o Lack of a sense of a positive future self
Presenting Issues and Challenges For Homeless LGBTQ Youth
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Youth Center on Highland
o Drop-in and resource center, open 7 days a week
Emergency Overnight Bed Program
o 20 beds for 18- 24 year olds, up to 36 days
Transitional Living Program
o 24 beds for 18-24 years old, up to 18 months
Independent Living Program
o 12 bed in supportive apartments
LifeWorks
o Youth Development Program
RISE (Recognize Intervene Support Empower)
o Research project to improve permanency for LGBTQ foster youth
At the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
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Positive Youth Development
Trauma Informed Services
Homeless Youth Services: Strategies and Outcomes
Stable Housing & Self-Sufficiency
Employment &
Education
Permanent Connections Well-Being
Core Outcomes
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Positive Youth Development
Aims to support and increase a young persons ability to make healthier personal choices by providing them five fundamental resources or promises:
o Caring Adults o Safe Places o A Healthy Start and Future o Effective Education o Opportunities to Help Others
Homeless Youth Services: Strategies
Trauma Informed Approach
o Takes into consideration the various and multiple sources of trauma that youth have endured and how trauma impacts youth behavior and youth development;
o Informs service delivery, training and policy;
o Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC) Framework; and
o Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) multi-session, multi-group intervention
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Education and Employment: Guiding Principles
Long Term Employment
Success
Educational Achievement School Attendance
Early Work experience
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GED Preparation Program
Microsoft Office Training
College Exploration, Preparation, Enrollment and Support
Engage
Motivate
Support
Celebrate!
GED Preparation and Education Program
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Career Development Continuum
Career Awareness
Learn about
a wide variety of jobs and careers
Career Exploration
Explore, research
and plan for the future
Career Preparation
Gain work
experience, skills and training
Age 0 – 8 8 – 16 16 – 24
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Goals:
o Explore career
opportunities
o Increase competencies
o Learn the culture of work
o Build community supports
Tools:
o Community Awareness Outings
o Workshops – Speaker Series
o Informational Interviews
o Job Shadowing
o Volunteer Opportunities
o Internships
o Job Placements
Employment Services
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Community
Collaborations
o Co-operative agreement
o Discuss and set expectations
o Provide support to employer
o Provide resources and
support to youth
o Monitor and adjust
o Celebrate!
Individual
Placement and Support
Community Collaborations: Guideline
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o In the past 12 months:
300 youth participants in the program
45 community partners
12 youth earned a GED
90 youth secured employment
33 internship placements of which 29 secured employment
o Average length of stay at TLP is now 12 months (up from 7 months in the
past 2 years)
o 75% of clients who exited TLP secured permanent housing
o 92% of 24 TLP youth are working, in school or both
Outcomes
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In 2010, the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center received federal funding to launch RISE (Recognize Intervene Support Empower) to:
o Assist LGBTQ foster youth achieve permanency. o Increase acceptance and support for LGBTQ youth.
Facts: o LGBTQ youth are disproportionately represented within
the foster care system. o 40% of homeless LGBTQ transitional age youth spent
time in foster care.
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES
Research, develop and test best practices to assist LGBTQ
youth in the child welfare system:
(1) Find durable family connections
(2) Build supportive community connections
(3) Achieve emotional permanency
(4) Obtain legal permanency in homes where they feel safe,
nurtured, and loved into adulthood.
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Simon Costello Associate Director of Children, Youth & Family Services
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center [email protected]
(323) 860-3616